It's so stupid and so dangerous and then women gymnastics they are more dancing. Watched 1 girl on the floor yesterday and I was like
And those outfits
It's so stupid and so dangerous and then women gymnastics they are more dancing. Watched 1 girl on the floor yesterday and I was like
And those outfits
Because gymnastics is the marquee event of the Olympics.
I'm confused on why you think gymnastics is stupid though? It's really not that dangerous either. Gymnasts are trained for years and years to have the correct technique and to be able to do skills safely.
And seriously, what's wrong with the outfits? What makes it different than swimming, diving, American football, baseball, wrestling, ect?
Because gymnastics is the marquee event of the Olympics.
I'm confused on why you think gymnastics is stupid though? It's really not that dangerous either. Gymnasts are trained for years and years to have the correct technique and to be able to do skills safely.
And seriously, what's wrong with the outfits? What makes it different than swimming, diving, American football, baseball, wrestling, ect?
Yeah it's really not a marquee event. Not even close.
Athletics (with men's 100 meter at the top) and swimming are clearly #1 and #2.
Seriously women's gymnastics is way too much dancing and the music . Men's is a lot better, but still not very entertaining.
And come on the vault is just insane. That thing they are running full speed at. Why would anyone ever do that?
There is no reason for the outfits to be that shiny and to have that much make up on and it's little girls for the most part. No thanks.
Yeah it's really not a marquee event. Not even close.
Athletics (with men's 100 meter at the top) and swimming are clearly #1 and #2.
Seriously women's gymnastics is way too much dancing and the music . Men's is a lot better, but still not very entertaining.
And come on the vault is just insane. That thing they are running full speed at. Why would anyone ever do that?
There is no reason for the outfits to be that shiny and to have that much make up on and it's little girls for the most part. No thanks.
Wow, ALL of this is incorrect.
First lets start off with your strange idea that it's not a marquee event.
The first five are all football games, and the sixth is the opening ceremony. 7th is the coverage of the Olympics on July 31, 2012. Want to know what happened on that day? The US women's gymnastics team competed in primetime. That was the most watched Olympic sport in the US by nearly 2 million viewers. Also, the Olympic Trials for Gymnastics is ranked #29, with no Olympic Trials for Swimming or Athletics to be found.
Next thing, "it's little girls for the most part"
The average age is over 20 for women's gymnastics this year. That's not "little girls" those are women. Gymnastics has a requirement that you have to turn 16 in the year of the Olympics to be eligible, so currently the youngest gymnast in the Olympics is Senna Derkis of Belgium who will turn 16 in December.
Compare that to swimming like you're applauding, who has Gaurika Singh from Nepal who is competing as a 13 year old.
Women's gymnastics these days has very little dance actually. If you think there is too much dance here, I'm scared to think of what you think about someone like Vera Caslavksa from 1968.
Also, the official name of the sport of gymnastics is "Women's Artistic Gymnastics" and "Men's Artistic Gymnastics" so the governing body of gymnastics will always want to keep some element of artistry in the sport.
And does the vault make less sense than something like the triple jump? The hammer throw? Diving? Let's throw our bodies off of a platform over 30 feet in the air and hope we hit well.
If you think gymnastics don't belong at the Olympics just wait until you see the Synchronised Swimming events.
Just because they make their display of fitness, skill and power into a show doesn't make it less worthy of praise. Really, the fact they're able to make it seem like an effortless dance is even more worthy of praise.The two seconds of dancing makes it all seem like a fluid performance rather than just being a set list of gymnastic moves. Stop making it sound like a popstar could feasibly enter the competition.
Of course US is watching a sport where the US is super dominant
Do Germans not watch Fabian Hambuchen? Did they not watch Andreas Toba tear his ACL on floor and compete on pommels afterwards to help qualify Germany as a full team into the finals today? Did they not watch Elisabeth Seitz in bar finals in 2012 or will they not watch the German women's team who qualified to their first team final since 1988 tomorrow?
Tons of US viewers watched the 2008 Olympcis too when the women's team lost to China, so it's not always us only watching dominate performances.
Do Germans not watch Fabian Hambuchen? Did they not watch Andreas Toba tear his ACL on floor and compete on pommels afterwards to help qualify Germany as a full team into the finals today? Did they not watch Elisabeth Seitz in bar finals in 2012 or will they not watch the German women's team who qualified to their first team final since 1988 tomorrow?
Tons of US viewers watched the 2008 Olympcis too when the women's team lost to China, so it's not always us only watching dominate performances.
The men's qualification wasn't even shown live on television
They showed a quick recap an hour or so later, but didn't even show all German let alone anyone else.
I wish Canada actually cared about the Summer Olympics the same way they care about the Winter Olympics.. Maybe we'd actually win more than one Gold Medal per games.